Bag and Posession Limit

One does not need a license to be the recipient of sport caught fish.

I think I read somewhere last year that a game warden cited an angler for over possession of fish in one of the camp sites in NorCal, but the fella indicated that he gifted the extra fish to his GF and the Game Warden wouldn't accept it because his GF didn't have a fishing license. Not sure if this was true or not, but I wouldn't be surprised because some of those Game Wardens can be Ahulls. 

This is how bad rumors get started ... just saying.

-Allen

One does not need a license to be the recipient of sport caught fish.

+1

Sincerely,

Jim

does this mean if I have two salmon in my freezer i can give them to my 7 year old daughter and bring home two more then give them to my wife and the next day go out and get two more and give them to my girlfriend then go out the next day and get two for myself?


What i'm asking is if I have a wife or girlfriend does that mean I can have 4 salmon in OUR FREEZER.  And if my wife's girlfriend lives with us can we have sex, i mean six.

  Damn, that's funny. For commercially farmed and harvested fish like salmon, how would you know if you caught it, or bought it at the market? Possession limit doesn't apply to purchased fish. So if I go to the Whole Foods and buy 6 wild salmon fillets at for $300  and go camping and DFG checks my ice chest and don't have the receipt... really? Not saying you should be outside the regs but it seems unenforceable in some situations. Just save a bunch of salmon receipts.

Part of thr reason for limits is to reduce the impact upon the population. Giving them away is still taking them. If we are talking planted trout no big deal. Although if you're out there slaying the lings and giving them away that is borderline poaching in my eyes.

Part of thr reason for limits is to reduce the impact upon the population. Giving them away is still taking them. If we are talking planted trout no big deal. Although if you're out there slaying the lings and giving them away that is borderline poaching in my eyes.

It absolutely is not borderline poaching.  The DFW estimates total take and factors that into the season setting and regulations.  The impact on the population is pre-determined and seasons are set and regulations crafted to hit those targets.  What one does with the take is entirely up to the individual.

-Allen

Part of thr reason for limits is to reduce the impact upon the population. Giving them away is still taking them. If we are talking planted trout no big deal. Although if you're out there slaying the lings and giving them away that is borderline poaching in my eyes.

It absolutely is not borderline poaching.  The DFW estimates total take and factors that into the season setting and regulations.  The impact on the population is pre-determined and seasons are set and regulations crafted to hit those targets.  What one does with the take is entirely up to the individual.

-Allen

I don't mean to be argumentative and it was definitely only an opinion. I would be interested in what the DFW would say if you asked them....Can I catch a limit of rock fish give it away and then go catch another? I wouldn't do it.

I would be interested in what the DFW would say if you asked them....Can I catch a limit of rock fish give it away and then go catch another? I wouldn't do it.

So long as you're not doing it within the same day there's nothing they can tell you cause you're not breaking the law.

Part of thr reason for limits is to reduce the impact upon the population. Giving them away is still taking them. If we are talking planted trout no big deal. Although if you're out there slaying the lings and giving them away that is borderline poaching in my eyes.

It absolutely is not borderline poaching.  The DFW estimates total take and factors that into the season setting and regulations.  The impact on the population is pre-determined and seasons are set and regulations crafted to hit those targets.  What one does with the take is entirely up to the individual.

-Allen

I don't mean to be argumentative and it was definitely only an opinion. I would be interested in what the DFW would say if you asked them....Can I catch a limit of rock fish give it away and then go catch another? I wouldn't do it.

I'm not meaning to be argumentative either, just want to make sure we are educated on the why's and how's of season and regulation setting as these things affect us tremendously.  I don't hold anything against the "take less and there will be more" fishermen crowd, but our take is already highly regulated with a distinct goal in mind.  It's the "take less and there will be more" enviro-nazi crowd I will hold something against (not saying you are one).  The former crowd is making a choice, while the later crowd is choosing for us.  I just want to make sure you don't believe the hype and fuel their fire.

-Allen

I have the same opinion as SF21. If you continually take your limit then "gift" it to someone, just to skirt the possession limit...then you're pretty much a poacher. Just my personal opinion. But yeah, we're kinda off topic so I should probably hit the Back button instead of the Post button....although, now I just spent like 2 minutes typing this response, so it'd be a waste to just delete it LOL

If you continually take your limit then "gift" it to someone, just to skirt the possession limit...then you're pretty much a poacher.

Put that way ... I would agree on an "ethics" basis.  But some of us give to our "family" as that is what we do.  Please don't call me a poacher.   

-Allen

Pat ... what a trouble maker 

Poaching is illegal. There is nothing illegal about giving away your catch then going out the next day, giving it away again, and repeating all season long.

You might not like it, but "poaching" is not the word you are looking for.

I think the word they are looking for is "pooching"!   

-Allen

I 100% agree with "the next day" that just means you forfeited your catch. What I was talking about is the same day.

Trust me enviro-nazi I am not, by far. You wont catch me littering but a nut job style hippie natzi never!

My motivations are mostly greed lol, If you cant catch your own then more chances for me!!! lol